After a day of widespread record-breaking temps, more heat on the way

1of20Madison Kane of San Francisco stands in the pool at the Brisbane Community Pool during open lap swim on Monday, June 10, 2019 in Brisbane, Calif.Lea Suzuki / The Chronicle2of20

Here are some ways to beat the heat in the Bay Area

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Ways to beat the heat in the Bay Area:

See stars at Chabot Space & Science Center

There are lots of fun ways to stay cool at Chabot — indoor planetarium shows, nighttime telescope viewings and even night hikes in the surrounding hills. And, as an added bonus, the skies will be super clear if it's a hot out.

What could be cooler than ice? Play hockey, broomball or just skate around at the Oakland Ice Center on 18th Street. General admission tickets are $10 and skate rentals are $4.50.

Lance Iversen/The Chronicle7of20See a movie

The classic strategy to get out of the heat. If you're looking for an unconventional film day, are all kinds of fun themed events at the new Alamo Drafthouse. Sing-alongs, sleepover-themed nights and 'Terror Tuesday' horror movie showings are all coming up this summer.

Scott Strazzante/The Chronicle8of20Or if you're in the mood for an independent film or documentary, visit the Embarcadero Center Cinema in the One Embarcadero Center.Leah Millis/The Chronicle9of20In the East Bay? Step back in time at the Paramount Theatre in Oakland. The Paramount has a summer classic movie series, complete with live Wurlitzer performances before the show. Tickets are only $5.Greg Linhares/City of Oakland10of20Take a beer tour

Hot weather screams out for a cold beer. Anchor Steam offers tours of its brewery every weekday, and they've recently added a happy hour tour. Best of all, you'll get a beer sample.

Sean Culligan/The Chronicle11of20Enjoy the trove of free events at the SF Public Library

Libraries aren't just for checking out books. The main branch of SFPL offers nutrition classes, meditation sessions and lots of free art galleries and special exhibitions. A full list of the exhibitions on display in June is available here.

Get out of the city heat with a day trip to Marshall where you can visit the farm where Hog Island oysters come from. Picnic areas, an oyster bar and farm tours are available on the property.

Jason Henry/Jason Henry for Medium13of20Linger at an unusual shop

Hot days are a great time to duck into a few shops and take your time perusing the merchandise. There's no better spot in the city for intriguing wares than Paxton Gate on Valencia, where taxidermy animals, beautiful house plants and eccentric house goods provide plenty of entertainment.

Katy Raddatz/SFC14of20Visit (and eat your way through) Japantown

The two malls on either side of the Peace Plaza offer shelter from the heat — and crepes! Don't miss the incredible stuffed crepes at Belly Good Cafe, and be sure to visit the Kinokuniya bookstore to see an assortment of English and Japanese language books.

Lea Suzuki/The Chronicle15of20Get some ice cream, obviously

There's no shortage of great ice cream in the Bay Area: Bi-Rite Creamery and Humphry Slocombe (seen here) are San Francisco staples, or you could visit East Bay favorite Ici in Berkeley.

Noah Berger/Special to The Chronicle16of20Jump in the pool

Visit one of San Francisco's public swimming pools, like the one at the Hamilton Recreation Center. Hamilton Pool is also available for rentals if you want to plan a fancy swim party for you and your friends.

Michael Macor/The Chronicle17of20Visit a museum

Always shirk the museum for the park? A hot day is the perfect time to see the newest exhibitions at the de Young, SFMOMA or even the Walt Disney Family Museum. The Legion of Honor currently has a mummies special exhibition, if that's up your alley.

Lea Suzuki/The Chronicle18of20Soak up that good casino air conditioning

Whether or not you like to gamble, casinos are the height of air conditioned comfort. Nearby in Rohnert Park, there's Graton. If you want to eat at a buffet, there's Cache Creek.

Liz Hafalia/The Chronicle19of20Cool off at a waterpark

Sure, it's cliche. But when nothing else will do, there's always a waterpark. Waterworld in Concord is a popular option with slides for thrill-seekers and more sedate options for young children.

Brant Ward/The Chronicle20of20People stand outside in the sun as they ride the boat from Alcatraz to San Francisco in San Francisco, California, on Sunday, June 9, 2019.Gabrielle Lurie / The Chronicle

A heat wave turned up temperatures on Monday, and while Tuesday is expected to be a tad cooler, especially in coastal areas, inland valleys will see another day of 100-degree-plus weather that makes you feel as if you're living in a sauna.

Meteorologists say temperatures will slowly drop through the week with widespread cooling most likely on Thursday.

"Essentially day by day we're going to expect the ocean cool breeze to infiltrate a little deeper inland," says Scott Rowe, a forecaster with the National Weather Service's office in Monterey. "All of San Francisco should be cooler today. For the core Bay Area, the transition will be Wednesday into Thursday when a great number of the population will see relief."

Widespread record-breaking temperatures swept the Bay Area on Monday. Santa Rosa peaked at 101 degrees, breaking its same-day record of 100 set in 1921. San Francisco Airport hit 100, smashing its former high of 94 in 1994. And Oakland Airport reached 97 degrees, surpassing its daily record of 90 in 2002.

Sweltering heat is typical in the summer months in Northern California, but usually the highest temperatures bake inland areas while the coastal areas are 10 to even 20 degrees cooler due to ocean breezes blowing cool air inland.

With this heat event, the coastal areas are also seeing the sizzling temperatures with highs in the 90s. NWS forecaster Steve Anderson explains many factors are contributing to this.

"We've got a very warm air mass in place and the kicker was the overnight lows," Anderson explained Monday. "We had high clouds move in over us right after the peak heating on Sunday and it trapped all that air in place."

What's more, Anderson says the winds are in an unusual pattern. The sea breeze that usually acts as a natural-air conditioning, blowing cool air off the Pacific Ocean toward the coast, calmed over the weekend and remains nonexistent. Meanwhile an offshore wind has kicked up is blowing the hot inland air toward the coast.

On Tuesday, a weak ocean breeze is forecast to return and should keep coastal areas such as Ocean Beach in San Francisco and Half Moon Bay out of the 90s. But the breeze is unlikely to reach inland areas where temperatures will once again soar.

The National Weather Service has an excessive heat advisory in effect for the interior East Bay, including Livermore and Concord, and a less severe heat warning for the North Bay.

"Drink plenty of fluids and limit outdoor strenuous activities during the hottest time of the day," the NWS advises.

The ocean breeze will gain strength through the week and the morning fog will likely return Thursday, and the interior Bay Area will slowly cool down.

On Tuesday, Livermore is expected to see a high of 101, San Jose 100, Santa Rosa 99 and San Francisco 84. On Wednesday the projected high for Livermore is 93 degrees, San Jose 92, Santa Rosa 89 and San Francisco 73. By Friday, coastal areas will be in the 60s and inland valleys in the 80s.

As recently as yesterday morning, weather models showed an end to the heat wave by Tuesday with what's known as a "southerly surge."

"It's a reversal of the winds and it usually ushers in the low clouds and fog," says Matt Mehle, a forecaster with the National Weather Service's Monterey office. "That's a classic way for our heat waves to end. You can think of it as an area of clouds moving up the coast, past Big Sur, past Monterey, and then ultimately arriving in San Francisco."

But by Monday afternoon, it became clear the surge was never going to materialize.

"With these heat waves, we usually get a southerly surge and the heat lasts maybe two days but right now it looks like it's not going to happen," says Rowe.

Amy Graff is an SFGate producer. Got a weather tip, photo or story? Email her at agraff@sfgate.com

Amy Graff is the news editor for SFGATE. She's a Bay Area native and got her start in news at the Daily Californian newspaper at UC Berkeley where she majored in English literature. She has been with SFGATE for 12 years.